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When is a derivative work original and thus protectable by copyright? Classicist’s critical edition makes its way to Luxembourg in fresh Romanian CJEU referral

The IPKat

Translated into copyright language: a critical edition is an example of derivative work. A second (revised) edition followed in 2008. Derivative works under EU law So far, the CJEU has tackled derivative works from the perspective of infringement, not copyright subsistence. Indeed, in Institutul G.

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First duel between NFTs and copyright before the Spanish courts: NFTs 1 – Authors 0

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Basically, because an NFT is an encoded digital metadata file of a copy of a work that can be copyright protected. That is, in an NFT there can be an underlying copy of a work of art –typically an image, photograph, piece of music, video or certain audiovisual content– that may be subject to copyright. And why is that?

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[Guest post] Artificial Intelligence and (hopefully) the death of copyright

The IPKat

Modak (2008) 1 SCC 1 ). So, there is no literal and non-literal copying of a work. A work is always just a creative combination of elements such as words, sounds, shapes or colors. Therefore, this is not about the content of the work, only how it was expressed. Rural, 499 U.S. This is pure fiction.

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YouTube Wins Partial Summary Judgment in Maria Schneider Copyright Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

In 2008, Schneider appointed her management company ArtistShare Music Publishing (AMP) as the “sole and exclusive Administrator” of her musical compositions under a Music Publishing Administration Agreement (AA). The big questions now center on the nature of that license and whether YouTube can rely on it to fend off liability.

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IP Protection of NFTs: A Comparative Look at the US and China

IP Tech Blog

Given that NFTs are the result of digital work that is transported in images, videos, photography and other forms of digital media, copyright seems to be the closest IP right to protect both the source code of the digital work, as well as its derivative works. Is this the same in the US and China? The United States.

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3 Count: Swimsuit Edition

Plagiarism Today

First off today, Kevin Shalvey at Business Insider reports that “Sports Illustrated” swimsuit model Genevieve Morton has filed a lawsuit against Twitter alleging that the site was slow to remove infringing material and that an AI photo editing tool created unlawful derivative works.

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IP Protection of NFTs: A Comparative Look at the US and China

LexBlog IP

Given that NFTs are the result of digital work that is transported in images, videos, photography and other forms of digital media, copyright seems to be the closest IP right to protect both the source code of the digital work, as well as its derivative works. Is this the same in the US and China? The United States.

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